Spain - Ibiza day 2
I'm sitting on the sidewalk by a busy street a few blocks away from my hotel. This is the only area I could steal some network access from right now. People are walking by in their swimsuits on the way to the beach which is just behind me.
On Friday night we went out to this huge club called Manumission. They were saying its the largest in the world, thousands of people can fit in there. I'm not much into the club scene but that's a big part of what Ibiza is about so I gave it a try. It was a good experience but I wouldn't go back. The drinks were like $10-15 euro's a piece and the ticket were like 40 EU to get in. But the show inide was very interesting. They had a live dance show every hour which was quite cool. The place inside was pretty impressive, it was like a Las Vegas show or something with tons of people dancing inside of it. Justin and I got tired of it about 4:30 am and came back and went out around our hotel. That didn't last too long and we came back and went to sleep.
Yesterday I walked a long ways and found a great beach. It was n icer than the one I went to the previous day. (A girl in a small bikini jut walked by me). I was out there several hours and then walked back. I was lost on the way back as all the streets look pretty similar to me. I just know a few signs that I look for but its hard to know which direction to go next sometimes once you do find them.
My impression of Ibiza so far is that almost everyone you see here are British on vacation. I have seen some Spanish people and a few French and German. The least I've seen are Americans. I talked with a few and they were also surprised to see us as well. Its weird hearing someone speak American English after only hearing British English and Spanish for several days. The beaches here are beautiful. We watched the sunset last night which is a big to-do around here. Everyone gathers around and cheers when it goes down. The nightlife is crazy for sure. We went out last night around our hotel. The area there is pretty tacky actually. Its almost like being in Manchester or something. They have transplanted British pubs and other types of things and all British people are there.
On the way back from Manumission the other night I was talking with the cab driver who could speak English pretty well. He said he had done the running of the bulls himself and it was a good experience. He suggested we take the bus up there and definitely don't go out drinking the night before if you are going to run. We have discussed changing out tickets to leave Ibiza a day early so we can get more time in Pamplona or Barcelona. I always thought it was too long here when I first saw the schedule. It is a fun place, but it turns out being too much of the same thing after awhie I think. We'll see how that works out. I really don't mind either way, but I wouldn't mind having more time in Barcelona. We have talked to some people who stay here for a month at a time. I am looking forward to goin to the beach again today though I don't get tired of that. I want to find a new one. The cab driver told me of one called Salinas where all the celebrities go.
We had been hanging out with these guys from Manchester for a few days who were staying in a hotel room next to us. They were crazy for sure, professional drinkers. They reiterated similar things I've heard about drinking in England. Everyone drinks because the sky is always gray and it rain so much. They are fond of England but think its a horrible place at the same time. So far its been as much like visiting England as it is Spain. The architecture, weather and environment are all Spanish but the people here are a lot of British. These girls last night were even saying how tacky the West End area is that is basically copies of British places. They also had never met "real Americans" before, they couldn't believe we were real.
Well, I'm going to go out to the beach. I've already got a liberal amount of sunscreen applied. Its really nice here because its hot, but not too hot. And there is usually just the right breeze coming along. The weather really can't be much better right now.